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大daai6牛ngau4

daai6 ngau4dà niú

English

  1. (coll.) leading light
  2. HK $500 note (slang)
  3. superstar
  4. badass
  5. (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
  6. five hundred Hong Kong dollar note; literally: big ox

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指五百蚊嘅港元紙幣;早期匯豐銀行發行嘅五百蚊紙幣印有水牛耕田圖,所以噉叫(量詞:張)

Examples

  • 我觉得吃完那块大牛排你就饱了。

    I thought you'd be full after eating that big steak.

    Tatoeba · Yashanti CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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